Experts say people who feel bombarded by loud noise often feel helpless to do anything about it. Why? Because police and local governments tend to treat noise as an annoyance rather than as a potential health hazard. Ted Rueter says it’s time to fight back.
A political science professor at Beloit College, the 50-year-old Rueter has been waging a one-man crusade against excessive noise since 2001, when he taught at UCLA.